Biography Category: New York State Court of Appeals

For anyone who wants to know the history of the Court of Appeals, and the forms that its decisions often take, two books should … More Francis Bergan »

Charles Breitel, the 30th chief judge of the New York State Court of Appeals was a brilliant, complex, energetic, and quietly ambitious man whose … More Charles David Breitel »

Bruce Bromley, one of the most distinguished members of the New York Bar for almost half a century, served on the Court of Appeals … More Bruce Bromley »

Authoring the Court’s inaugural opinion (see Pierce v. Delamater, 1 NY 17 [1847]), Judge Greene Bronson determined that, as a Court of Appeals Judge, … More Greene Carrier Bronson »

Adrian Burke was a tall, broad shouldered, imposing man with a ruddy Irish face and piercing blue eyes that often twinkled with humor, especially … More Adrian Paul Burke »

Introduction Anyone preparing a portrait of Benjamin Nathan Cardozo would necessarily approach the task with great trepidation. Already there are so many wonderful writings … More Benjamin Nathan Cardozo »

In 1916, Europe was in armed conflict and the United States was poised to enter what would be World War I. At the time, … More Emory Albert Chase »

This son of a farmer from Albion, New York, having no formal legal education, would live to be the second-longest serving Chief Judge on … More Sanford Elias Church »

Sheila Abdus-Salaam, Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals, was born in Washington, D.C. in 1952 and educated in its public schools. She graduated … More Sheila Abdus-Salaam »

It is safe to say that the life experiences of Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick, the first Hispanic and the second woman to sit on the … More Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick »